Stirton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brent Stirton, photographer David Stirton, Canadian politician James Stirton (1833–1917), Scottish botanist and physician Robert Stirton Thornton (1863–1936), politician Ruben Arthur Stirton (1901–1966), paleontologist See also Stirton Smith (1926–2010), Scottish footballer Stirton with Thorlby Stirton's Deer Mouse Stirton, Ontario